A week ago today I arrived in San Diego. Claire, Bella and Ciara picked me up from the train station. I had flown into LA and then took the Amtrak down the Coast of California. It was a beautiful journey with lots of lovely scenery! San Diego is a really lovely city and I enjoyed it but I can't help but notice there is a huge number of homeless people. The Gaslamp quarter is really beautiful and balboa Park was spectacular.
I enjoyed spending a few days there before we headed off on our road trip to Vegas.....where the fun begins....
I enjoyed spending a few days there before we headed off on our road trip to Vegas.....where the fun begins....
The drive was done at our leisure, stopping in at a vineyard for a wine tasting!!! Then we drove through hundreds of miles of desert!!!!!! As we were entering Vegas the sun was going down and the lights shining brightly!!
Arriving in Las Vegas was a bit of a shell shock!!!! It is quite an amazing place but yet so void of any sense of purpose. 24/7 365 days a year the casinos are open. There are hundreds of them!!!!! You can't help but feel sorry for people who just spend all their time in the casinos throwing good money away!!! It is obvious the hotels are reaping the profit!!!
Our hotel was nice and very close to Paris and Planet Hollywood. We had a really great weekend perusing the strip and taking it all in. Claire and I were in disbelief at the sheer size of the place.....everything is so grand, bright, fake but made to look so real. Shopping centres are designed to make it look like you are walking outside. Miles of exclusive shops, chandeliers etc...
I did the day trip to the Grand Canyon which was really beautiful. It was a long bus journey but again a beautiful drive through Arizona desert
Next stop San Francisco!!!!!
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